Jarrett Culver, who was a free agent, signed today with Atlanta Hawks. Was with Memphis last season.

https://www.nba.com/hawks/news/atlanta-hawks-sign-guard-jarrett-culver-to-two-way-contract

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Entering the bye week for Texas Tech, it makes sense to recap some of the key statistics in the conference so far. The Big 12, in my opinion, has encompassed some of the most interesting games and exciting results in the country. There really isn't a clear-cut, write-it-off winner as there have been in previous seasons, and I think the conference's newfound parity is one of the things that makes college football so fun. Take Kansas for example. Who would have thought at the beginning of the year that they would be 5-1, much less ranked, at the halfway point? Oklahoma and Iowa State are 0-3 in conference play, Kansas State is in first place in the Big 12, and TCU is still undefeated.

Keep in mind, the numbers listed are all relative to games and opponents played. These are just to give you an idea of how the Big 12 and Texas Tech stack up so far.
(ie. TCU, OSU, BU, and WVU 5 games played, rest of the conference 6 games played)

Let's dive into some statistics, shall we?

*see bottom for summary if you don't want to read everything*

Big 12 Standings for Reference

Individual Stats - Offense​

- Rushing Yards:
1. Deuce Vaughn (Kansas State) - 661
2. Bijan Robinson (Texas) - 645
3. Kendre Miller (TCU) - 474
4. Adrain Martinez (Kansas State) - 546
5. Eric Gray (Oklahoma) - 519

Red Raiders in the top 25:
14. SaRodorick Thompson - 310
22. Tahj Brooks - 215

- Rushing Touchdowns:
1. Bijan Robinson (Texas) - 10
2. Adrian Martinez (Kansas State) - 9
3. Richard Reese (Baylor) - 7
4. Kendre Miller (TCU) - 6
5. CJ Donaldson (West Virginia) - 6

Red Raiders in the top 25:
12. Tahj Brooks - 4
20. SaRodorick Thompson - 2

- Passing Yards:
1. Hunter Dekkers (Iowa State) -1514
2. Donovan Smith (Texas Tech) - 1475
3. Spencer Sanders (Oklahoma State) - 1394
4. Max Duggan (TCU) - 1305
5. Dillon Gabriel (Oklahoma) - 1215

Other Red Raiders in the top 15:
12. Behren Morton - 561

- Passing Touchdowns:
1. Max Duggan (TCU) - 14
2. Spencer Sanders (Oklahoma State) - 12
3. Hunter Dekkers (Iowa State) -11
4. Donovan Smith (Texas Tech) - 11
5. Dillon Gabriel (Oklahoma) - 11

Other Red Raiders in the top 15:
13. Behren Morton - 3

- Interceptions:
1. Donovan Smith (Texas Tech) - 7
2. Hunter Dekkers (Iowa State) - 6
3. Blake Shapen (Baylor) - 3
4. Behren Morton (Texas Tech) - 3
5. Spencer Sanders (Oklahoma State) - 2

- Receiving Yards:
1. Xavier Hutchinson (Iowa State) - 604
2. Marvin Mims (Oklahoma) - 436
3. Bryce Ford-Wheaton (West Virginia) - 412
4. Braydon Johnson (Oklahoma State) - 360
5. Xavier Worthy (Texas) - 360

Red Raiders in the top 25:
8. Jerand Bradley - 317
10. Myles Price - 309
12. Trey Cleveland - 291
18. Xavier White - 270

- Receiving Touchdowns:
1. Xavier Hutchinson (Iowa State) - 5
2. Ja'Tavion Sanders (Texas) - 5
3. Bryce Ford-Wheaton (West Virginia) - 4
4. Xavier Worthy (Texas) - 4
5. Bryson Green (Oklahoma State) - 4

Red Raiders in the top 25:
8. Jerand Bradley - 3
12. Myles Price - 2
15. Xavier White - 2

- All-Purpose Yards:
1. Bijan Robinson (Texas) - 848
2. Deuce Vaughn (Kansas State) - 735
3. Eric Gray (Oklahoma) - 611
4. Xavier Hutchinson (Iowa State) - 604
5. Adrian Martinez (Kansas State) - 557

Red Raiders in the top 25:
10. Xavier White - 500
22. Myles Price - 347

Individual Stats - Defense​

- Total Tackles:
1. Jaylan Ford (Texas) - 58
2. Danny Stutsman (Oklahoma) - 55
3. David Ugwoegbu (Oklahoma) - 54
4. Krishon Merriweather (Texas Tech) - 50
5. Rich Miller (Kansas) - 47

Other Red Raiders in the top 25:
12. Tyree Wilson - 37

- Tackles for Loss:
1. Tyree Wilson (Texas Tech) - 9
2. Lonnie Phelps (Kansas) - 8.5
3. Felix Anudike-Uzomah (Kansas State) - 8
4. Mason Cobb (Oklahoma State) - 7.5
5. Austin Moore (Kansas State) - 7

Other Red Raiders in the top 25:
19. Philip Blidi - 4.5

- Sacks:
1. Felix Anudike-Uzomah (Kansas State) - 6.5
2. Tyree Wilson (Texas Tech) - 6
3. Lonnie Phelps (Kansas) - 6
4. Reggie Grimes (Oklahoma) - 4
5. Dee Winters (TCU) - 3.5

Other Red Raiders in the top 25:
13. Tony Bradford Jr. - 2.5
24. Philip Blidi - 2

- Interceptions:
1. Josh Newton (TCU) - 2
Cobee Bryant (Kansas) - 2
Colby Reeder (Iowa State) - 2
Kobe Savage (Kansas State) - 2
Reggie Pearson (Texas Tech) - 2
Jahdae Barron (Texas) - 2
D'Shawn Jamison (Texas) 2
Daniel Green (Kansas State) - 2
Cincere Mason (Kansas State) - 2

*Nine players tied for first*

Team Stats - Offense​

- Scoring (PPG):
1. Oklahoma State - 46.4
T1. TCU - 46.4
3. Kansas - 39.8
4. Texas - 38.8
5. West Virginia - 38.2
6. Baylor - 37.4
7. Texas Tech - 34.3
8. Oklahoma - 30.8
9. Kansas State - 28.7
10. Iowa State - 23.2

- Yards Per Game:
1. TCU - 530
2. Texas Tech - 484.2
3. Oklahoma State - 469.4
4. West Virginia - 454.8
5. Texas - 445.3
6. Kansas - 440
7. Baylor - 436.2
8. Oklahoma - 433.7
9. Kansas State - 403.3
10. Iowa State - 364.0

- Rushing YPG:
1. Kansas State - 244.5
2. TCU - 230.2
3. Kansas - 213.7
4. Oklahoma - 210
5. Baylor - 187.7
6. West Virginia - 186.2
7. Texas - 178
8. Oklahoma State - 158.6
9. Texas Tech - 119.2
10. Iowa State - 106.3

Passing YPG:
1. Texas Tech - 365
2. Oklahoma State - 310.8
3. TCU - 299.8
4. West Virginia - 268.6
5. Texas - 267.3
6. Iowa State - 257.7
7. Baylor - 248.4
8. Kansas - 226.3
9. Oklahoma - 223.7
10. Kansas State - 158.8

Team Stats - Defense​

- Scoring (PPG) Allowed:
1. Iowa State - 13.7
2. Kansas State - 16.7
3. Texas - 17.8
4. Baylor - 20.6
5. TCU - 23.8
6. Oklahoma State - 24.8
7. Kansas - 26.3
8. Oklahoma - 29.2
9. West Virginia - 29.6
10. Texas Tech - 29.7

- Yards Per Game Allowed:
1. Iowa State - 277.5
2. Baylor - 320
3. West Virginia - 331.4
4. Texas - 338.2
5. Kansas State - 354.5
6. Texas Tech - 367
7. Kansas - 395.8
8. TCU - 402.8
9. Oklahoma State - 422.8
10. Oklahoma - 450

- Rushing YPG Allowed:
1. Iowa State - 91
2. Baylor - 96.8
3. West Virginia - 100.6
4. Oklahoma State - 118.8
5. Kansas - 120.3
6. Texas - 126.6
7. Kansas State - 132.8
8. TCU - 134
9. Texas Tech - 146.5
10. Oklahoma - 214.5

- Passing YPG Allowed:
1. Iowa State - 186.5
2. Texas - 212
3. Texas Tech - 220.5
4. Kansas State - 221.7
5. Baylor - 223.2
6. West Virginia - 230.8
7. Oklahoma - 235.5
8. TCU - 268.8
9. Kansas - 275.5
10. Oklahoma State - 304

- Sacks Allowed:
1. Kansas - 3
2. Oklahoma State - 6
3. TCU - 7
4. West Virginia - 8
5. Texas - 9
6. Kansas State - 10
7. Baylor - 10
8. Iowa State - 14
9. Oklahoma - 15
10. Texas Tech - 23

Yeesh.


- Sacks By:
1. Oklahoma State - 16
2. Kansas - 16
3. Kansas State - 16
4. Texas Tech - 15
5. Texas - 14
6. Oklahoma - 14
7. West Virginia - 11
8. Iowa State - 11
9. TCU - 10

- Interceptions:
1. Kansas State - 9
2. Kansas - 5
3. TCU - 5
4. Oklahoma State - 4
5. Iowa State - 4
6. Texas - 4
7. Oklahoma - 4
8. Baylor - 3
9. Texas Tech - 2
10. West Virginia - 1

Miscellaneous Stats:​

- Penalties:
1. Oklahoma - 39
2. Texas Tech - 38
3. Iowa State - 34
4. West Virginia - 34
5. Texas - 33
6. Baylor - 32
7. Kansas State - 31
8. Kansas - 31
9. TCU - 25
10. Oklahoma State - 21

-Total First Downs:
1. Texas Tech - 171
2. Texas - 149
3. West Virginia - 136
4. Oklahoma - 133
5. Oklahoma State - 132
6. Kansas - 125
7. Iowa State - 119
8. Baylor - 118
9. TCU - 116
10. Kansas State - 111

-4th Down Conversions:
1. Texas - 5/6, 83.8%
2. West Virginia - 12/15, 80%
3. Oklahoma State - 2/3, 66.7%
4. Iowa State - 8/12, 66.7%
5. Baylor - 10/16, 62.5%
6. Texas Tech - 14/25, 56%
7. Kansas State - 6/11, 54.5%
8. Kansas - 4/8, 50%
9. TCU - 4/8, 50%
10. Oklahoma - 7/14, 50%

-3rd Down Conversions:
1. Kansas - 38/69, 55.1%
2. West Virginia - 38/77, 49.4%
3. TCU - 29/59, 49.2%
4. Baylor - 28/64, 43.8%
5. Iowa State - 41/94, 43.6%
6. Texas - 30/69, 43.5%
7. Oklahoma State - 29/71, 40.8%
8. Oklahoma - 28/82, 35.4%
9. Texas Tech - 33/96, 34.4%
10. Kansas State - 27/85, 31.8%



Something that jumps out to me is Tyree Wilson. That dude is a freak of nature and will no doubt be playing on Sundays next year. Also, Texas Tech has gone for it on 4th down 25 TIMES! That number is a little inflated from the Texas game, but still, that is absolutely bonkers. Second in the conference in penalties is obviously no bueno, but Texas Tech was also second in he Big 12 in opponent penalties forced which was interesting.

I think that we all expect this, but Texas Tech leads the Big 12 in sacks allowed (25) by a large margin (8 more than 9th place). On the contrary, the Red Raider defense has done a good job pressuring the opposing quarterback.

Another interesting stat is that Rayshad Williams and Malik Dunlap are tied for lead in the Big 12 in passes defended at 7 each.

Something else that suprised me: Texas Tech is 7th in the Big 12 in PPG, but 2nd in yards per game. Wild.

The rushing yards per game allowed is obviously not good, and a big part of that was Kansas State's success with Adrian Martinez and Deuce Vaughn combined 341 yards rushing.

Summary: Texas Tech in the Big 12 -
7th in scoring (PPG)
2nd in yards per game
9th in rushing yards per game
1st in passing yards per game
10th in points per game allowed
6th in yards per game allowed
9th in rushing yards per game allowed
3rd in passing yards per game allowed
10th in sacks allowed
4th in sacks caused
9th in interceptions
2nd in penalty yards
1st in total first downs
6th in fourth down conversion percentage
9th in third down conversion percentage

What are some stats that interest or stand out to you? Anything catch your eye?

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My wife set up facial recognition on the phone recently and it did something to it where I cant make outgoing calls. We took it off facial recognition and it still did not work. I have a land line and it does not ring when I call the number. The I phone does receive a call when I call the number on land line. Per internet we did the on and off airplane mode thing. We have thoought about calling A T & T as it appears we have been cutoff from making outgoing calls. The battery is charged and everything comes up on the phone we just cant call out on it. Never had this problem before.

Seems appropriate since it's the anniversary of the accident and we play WVU next week.

Great analysis from the aviation and personal side of the accident including his connections to the state of Texas and Texas Tech.

I thought he died in the 1980's. Can't believe $56k in 1997 is equivalent to over $100k in 2022.

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As we can all tell, this staff is a pretty big change from what has transpired here in the last decade when it comes to recruiting.

Matt Wells’ staff would randomly offer kids from Illinois and Florida, but they had next to 0 shot at getting any of them. The one they did get, Alante Brown, ended up not qualifying anyways.

Joey McGuire and James Blanchard have obviously recruited West Texas and the entire state very well. 22 of the 26 commits for 2023 are from TX. All three for 2024 so far are from TX.

But they’ve also supplemented those guys with selective out of state kids. Guys they were early on.

Tech was the first P5 offer for all of the following commits. They were the first offer overall except in the case of Dingle Jr (Charlotte) and Stevenson (Austin Peay).

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Tech’s top two remaining targets for 2023 are out of state kids, and you guessed it, they are the first P5 offers for them too.

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This is a trend I see continuing into 2024 and the future. This week they’ve offered four new prospects, two of them are from out of state.

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It feels like they’re hitting the Midwest hard, especially lately. Look back over the past decade at Iowa State and Kansas State, and how those teams continually have won the head-to-head matchups against Tech. I like the strategy of selectively plucking guys from right under their noses. Just like Tech fans are left scratching their heads over how Deuce Vaughn (from Round Rock, TX) ended up in Manhattan, I’m optimistic they’ll be doing the same in the future. This staff can evaluate and I’m excited to see it play out.


@johngreenslade

It's the bye week - can we talk hoops now for a second?

Our 2023 class, ranked 44 at this time seems like it hasn't been able to deliver on what was a really solid season last year (S16 appearance, playing Duke, sweeping Baylor, coming surprisingly close to sweeping the eventual NC's in Kansas).

Commits are Steffe and Jackson - we though Jazz would commit, but that didn't happen for whatever reason.

Do we have any concern here? I know we're focused on this season, so recruiting has likely slowed a bit, but it's surprising to say the least where we currently sit. It's worth noting, it feels like this roster could retain/return more than we have in the past.

I have a feeling Daws could return with his injury, Fisher, Washington, Pop, Jaylon, RJ, Kerwin - all seems like solid bets to return. It just a situation where we don't have many spots, so we're not recruiting anyone very hard?

Meanwhile, the rest of the BXII:

Iowa State: #5
OSU: #10
KSU: #13
Kansas: #21
Baylor: #25
Tech: #44
TCU: #46
OU: #60

Not a chicken little, wanting to discuss the state of the roster in 2023.

Thoughts? They remind me of Tech’s “Never Quits” in 2013.

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We can all unite across the political divide and agree that it's best that this POS gets bankrupted and serves time for perjury right?

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Have you ever thrown up in an Uber/Lyft/taxi? I’m curious.

Hailey Toney an INF from Magnolia West has committed to Tech. She is ranked #11 nationally in the 2024 class by Extra Innings.

IE: "We Have Too Much Inventory Sale"

For those of you who remember me from Prime Day a couple of months back (https://texastech.forums.rivals.com/threads/prime-day-thread.169097/)

My wife works with amazon for a living and has a ton of lists individually categorized on her Amazon Storefront of all things Prime Day. Even if you don't buy anything directly from her lists, if you use the link below, we will get credit for your purchase towards our sales goal!

With our little Red Raider expected in December, your support is greatly appreciated in the Hunter Household!

Prime Day Link

Let me know if you are looking for anything in particular, and we will do our best to find it for you and link it in the thread!


I'll start by posting a few golf finds that I think are good!


Very much appreciated! #WreckEm

I was at the game and PA system sucked. From my view, it looked like a perfectly executed onside kick. All the sudden, it’s their ball and a penalty on top. Can’t find explanation anywhere.

@B. Golan, @J. Apodaca and myself will be filming next week and want to answer your questions. Leave 'em here and I'll have this pinned for the remainder of time until we record. Give us some good ones.

Saturday was interesting because I was both encouraged, but also incredibly frustrated. I don’t think those emotions have to be mutually exclusive. Tech went on the road and gave a top ten team all they could handle, this team continues to show improvement and fight each week, the defense continued to give the team a chance, and the “future of this program” quarterback actually looked the part.

However, I continue to be frustrated by special teams play, the offensive line, and losing the turnover battle.

No sequence illustrates my frustrations like with 7:03 left in the third, the Tech defense forces a punt after the offense scored a TD. Then, the 4th punt returner of the season decided to field a punt inside the 5-yard line, and tech proceeds to go 3 and out in less than two minutes. The tired Tech defense trots out there to try to stop OSU again and fails. Kind of felt like the ball game at the time… and it was.

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Morton was a revelation Saturday and needs to be the quarterback moving forward. There is zero doubt in my mind about this, that, in and of itself, makes whatever happened Saturday worth it.

The four plays in the clip above are plays that no other QB on the roster makes.

In the first play, Morton feels and escapes pressure to throw an absolute dart in a spot where only Bradley can make the play.

Second play is a run play, Morton recognizes the soft coverage on White, and communicates that they are going to run a “hot.” He doesn’t waste any time with the mesh, just quickly gets the ball to a play maker in space.

Third play is a poorly blocked zone read. Morton sees a millimeter of space after he pulls it and is able to squeeze through to the end zone. Can’t really explain it, but it works haha

Last play, OSU sends an all-out blitz, Morton recognizes the lack of safety, buys just enough time for the route to develop, and uses a different arm angle to deliver a strike.

Again, no insult to Smith or Shough… I just don’t think they are making any of those plays.

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Now, it wasn’t all good, this was his first start against a top ten team with a defense filled with 30-year-olds. There were, and will be, growing pains. The two plays in this clip are examples of that.

I really like this play design; the problem is the Tech offense provides no threat of running in a short-yardage situation and the defense knows it. Even still, I’d like to see Morton ride the mesh a half second longer to suck the OSU defender in, pull it, and dump it to Tharp for the easy first down. That’s just his processor being a little fast, I’d expect him to correct that with more experience.

Why is every interception a forced throw to Tharp? Anyway, Morton thinks he’s got the linebacker when he quickly looks to the speed out, but he doesn’t hold him long enough and quickly looks back to Tharp. The linebacker reads it well, and it’s an easy pick. Again, this is just his processor being sped up, that will, presumably, slow down with reps.

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I liked these plays because it shows that the offensive line is capable of at times. OSU sends a slightly delayed blitz up the middle in both clips. First one is a disaster that results in a pressure, second one is picked up and resulted in a beautiful throw, catch, and touchdown.

I did think the offensive line played some of their best football, at times, on Saturday. Granted, that is a low bar, but I’ll take any progress at this point. There were still far too many times where simple mistakes were made and Tech was flat out beat in the run game, but I’m not sure how much of that is fixable at this point.

These problems reared their heads in the second half when OSU stopped blitzing as much, showed Tech favorable run boxes, and Tech could not, consistently, make them pay.

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These are just two of my favorite plays made by two of my favorite dudes on the team. I love Trey Cleveland stepping up the past few weeks, and he made bigger plays Saturday, but the move he puts on this Poke DB is not one I thought he had in his bag.

Next one is SaRodorick just deciding to he’s got bigger ones that the linebacker and getting a first down by sheer force of will. Love it.

Sir Rod’s rushing numbers look pretty good, and we can count on one hand how many times he hasn’t had to make something out of nothing/make a man miss before he hits the LOS. It truly is remarkable what he’s doing.

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There were a lot of people upset with Kittley after the game, right or wrong, it’s part of the job. The only two play calls I really didn’t like are in the clip above.

We’ve discussed it ad nauseam, Tech cannot run the football when the defense knows Tech is running the football. Before the ball was snapped with this first play, I loved what Kittley was doing. Get in a run heavy formation, then boot or play action out of it, well, that’s not what happened. Instead, the Red Raiders brought a bunch of guys they can’t block as close to the line as possible… only to run it right at them. Don’t get it.

I love the play call here; I hate that the ball is thrown to a guy who has played very little. I’m shocked OSU is even playing off coverage here, so it was the perfect time to run this route, but it’s not fair to trust a guy who has played as little as Brown. Part of play calling is putting guys in positions to succeed. That did not happen here.

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Despite the defense playing pretty well, I guess I’m going to have to reluctantly give Spencer Sanders some credit here, he was not exceptional, but he, and his receivers, did just enough to get the job done.

My biggest issue with the defensive performance was the lack of pressure created without blitzing. Maybe I’m already spoiled, but I expected more out of a defensive line that has played really well this season.

The clip above is good example of that, Sanders has all day, but the Tech back 7/8 leave him nowhere to throw the football. I will never tire of this defense being able to create coverage sacks because of what we have watched go on here for years. Think of how many times these exact scenarios would have ended in huge gains in years past.

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I’ve discussed this a few times this season, but the biggest issue with Tech’s defense is their aggressiveness and tendency to over pursue. Now, I do think that this mentality has done more good than bad, but the Pokes, smartly, took advantage of that at nearly every crucial moment in the game. The clip above is nearly a minute of examples, they are not all screens, but watch how the defense moves with every misdirection and/or screen. They create easier angles to get blocked, windows for throwing lanes, and holes to run through.

All of this, to me, culminates with the 4th and 8 screen call. That is a ballsy call, and really shows how confident OSU was in being able to take advantage of this flaw.

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Just like with the offense, above are 4 of my favorite individual defensive plays from Saturday.

Jaylon Hutchings has made a habit of this play, and I love it every time. He’s incredibly quick across the face of the lineman and is right there to put OSU behind the chains.

Next play is a brilliant play by Kobee Minor, a guy who has not seen a ton of reps. It’s nothing groundbreaking but having the wherewithal to shove the OSU receiver out of bounds was point saving.

The third play is tough to see because of the score box, but you can tell enough. Rayshad is on an island, withstands several good moves by the receiver, and never loses a step which allows him to make the play. I thought Saturday was his best day as a Red Raider.

Finally, I couldn’t believe who made this play when it happened. I expected Bradford, Hutchings, or Blidi. Nope, it was the true freshman flying through an opening to make a point saving tackle for loss. That is really encouraging for the future.



I cannot lie, playing well is cool, but I am ready to win some football games and I believe this team is too. The bye-week has typically been my favorite week of the season because I didn’t have to watch Tech play, not anymore. I know they need it, but I wish the Red Raiders were rolling up the Mountaineers this Saturday.

Where there is smoke there’s fire!

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Imagine loading fish up with all of that extra weight and thinking you will get away with it.

Headed to Nashville for the off weekend. What else do you do besides eat, drink and listen to music?